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Standard English ConventionsEasyComma after a sentence-opening 'Later'

Standard English Conventions practice question

The design was first tried in a single school. ____ it was adopted across the whole country.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  1. A. Later,Correct
  2. B. Later
  3. C. Later;
  4. D. Later.

Answer: A. Later,

'Later' opens the sentence as a transition and is followed by a comma.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Later
Without the comma, the transition runs into the clause.
C. Later;
A semicolon needs a complete clause before it.
D. Later.
'Later.' is a fragment.

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